Failed Backup of XBox Game

[Dialtone99]

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post to the group, so bear with me if I don't have all the terminology down pat yet.

Okay. I own an XBOX game console. In fact, I own two. I recently bought a second one for my girlfriend, which she keeps at her moms house. She stays down there a couple nights a week, when she works out of town. Obviously, we don't want to buy two copies of our favorite games at $50/pop. So I tried using my PC and Nero to copy the Crash Bandycout (sp?) game, so she could take a copy with her to her moms. Yes, I OWN THE GAME, yes, it's still AT my house, I haven't lost it. We tried the copy in our XBOX at the house, and of course it didn't work. I wasn't suprised. It told me we needed to insert a DVD adapter? What the F was that?

Anyway, so I screwed up the copy. Oh well. Here's the interesting part. Now the ORIGINAL GAME won't play either! I get the same error message!!! So now she's POed at me, and says I screwed up her game. *sigh*.

All our other games still play fine. But not the Crash Bandycout game. Not the original, not the copy.

What did I do wrong, and how do I fix it? First, I'd like her to at least be able to play her original game (which still works in the second XBOX...but now she can't play it when she is here at home (yes, we live together). And secondly, I'd really like to find out what I did wrong, so I CAN copy the games the RIGHT way.

I have since replaced my Plextor CD-R burner with an HP 400i 8x DVD+R burner, by the way, and am using the DVD authoring software it came with.

Any and all suggestions welcome and appreciated with this newbie question.

Thanks,

Dialtone
(I reiterate, I OWN my own games, but we have two XBOXes...my understanding is I am legally entitled to make copies for my own use...is that correct?)

[psx_paul]

thread closed as duplicate post, suggestions/answers are being posted in the thread in the "Gaming" section
http://www.dvdrbase.com/showthread.php?t=37931